Our friend Agnes Callard - associate professor of philosophy at the University of Chicago and everyone's favourite Twitter thinker - joins us for a special discussion about the nature of "self", whether points of view exist, and how Pessoa's poetry can reveal some answers. "Pessoa's key insight is that our mind and our sensations--even our…
In her debut salon, Tanya Raj will explore the psychology behind the images we make and what they tell us about ourselves. It is said, “if you want to learn what someone fears losing watch what they photograph” – in other words, we as humans make pictures of what we love, what we want to…
Physical health, strength and wellbeing for intellectuals: in his monthly Interintellect Salon, Ben Fleming addresses what’s beyond sitting and thinking? Low fat. Low carb. Vegan. Keto. Paleo. Intermittent fasting. Juice cleanse. Vegetarian. Pescatarian. Fruitarian. Carnivore. The list goes on (and on.. and on..). But which diet is the most healthy? What does "healthy" even mean in the context…
On April 7, Taylor Pullinger returns to lead a discussion on the meaning and merits of having children in light of all it entails. How did you come to exist in this world? In all likelihood it’s because your parents had a child, and their parents had a child, and their parents had a child… you get…
Interintellect founder Anna Gát dives into the mystery unlived lives: the shadow lives, the double lives, the paths we did not take - but which might linger as an aftertaste and come back from time to time to haunt us. "I saw my life branching out before me like the green fig tree in the…
Join hosts Isabela Granic and Thomas Arnold to sift our reactions, reads, and interpretations of these lines, including other art it brings to mind. In this poetry reading salon we will sit together with a very short poem from Rainer Maria Rilke (known by its first line “Manchmal steht einer auf beim Abendbrot”/”Sometimes a man gets up from supper,”…
In this salon, Hollis Robbins investigates the famous story of The Emperor’s New Clothes. What lessons are we meant to learn from this fable? The poet, the artist, the sleuth—whoever sharpens our perception tends to be antisocial; rarely “well-adjusted,” he cannot go along with currents and trends. A strange bond often exists among anti-social types in their…
Continuing his series on the art of writing, fellow Interintellect Rick Benger explores telling authentic, effective personal stories. We draft the LinkedIn bio, the dating profile, the cover letter with some disquiet. Such formats confront us with the god-mode question, "Who are you?", and a nest of norms, implied but unreal audiences, and cues that…
In his debut Interintellect salon, Dominic Duffin will lead an exploration of symbols of collective identity, collective identities in digital space, and how our symbols of identity map to these new digital geographies. Many collective identities can make up an individual's unique personal identity. Our membership of these collectives may be out of accident of…
On April 13, Interintellect founder Anna Gát returns to discuss aspects of warfare, with a look at the breakout of wars: from the earliest days of tribal conflict to the most contemporary, mercenary proxy wars, and those fought in the cyberspace – or, soon, space. *** "The great end of life is not knowledge, but action. I…
Interintellect Patricia Hurducas returns with a new salon for The Mountains Are Calling series. This time we will explore John Kaag’s book Hiking With Nietzsche: On Becoming Who You Are. We will discuss parts of Nietzsche’s philosophy, we will take a closer look at Agon (Greek word for conflict and struggle), and we will touch…
In Part 1 of this two-part salon, Harry Ramsay will lead a discussion on the hotly-debated nature of talent: its origins, its definitions, and - indeed - its very existence. ---- "I wish I could , but I just don't have the talent for it..." How many times have you heard this? "If you stopped…
